Table 21.	TENNESSEE					Cotton insect losses - 1997
PEST	Acres Infested	Acres Treated	# Insect Applic	Cost of 1 Appl	Cost/acre	% Yield Loss	Bales Lost
Boll Weevils	492156	363341	2.137	$5.80	$12.40	3.426	32140
Boll/budworms	349350	132753	0.346	$10.70	$3.70	1.041	9768
Pink Bollworm	0	0	0.000	n/a	$0.00	0.000	0
Cotton Fleahoppers	0	0	0.000	n/a	$0.00	0.000	0
Lygus	49980	241383	0.549	$6.00	$3.29	1.960	18388
Cotton Leaf perforators	0	0	0.000	n/a	$0.00	0.000	0
Spider Mites	7800	1910	0.004	$9.60	$0.04	0.000	1
Thrips, early season	387600	229500	0.450	$5.00	$2.25	0.502	4706
Beet Armyworms	0	0	0.000	n/a	$0.00	0.000	0
Fall Armyworms	6450	1000	0.002	$13.50	$0.03	0.000	0
European Cornborers	7140	0	0.000	n/a	$0.00	0.000	0
Stink Bugs	173200	25000	0.049	$5.90	$0.29	0.194	1816
Grasshoppers	0	0	0.000	n/a	$0.00	0.000	0
Saltmarsh Catepillers	0	0	0.000	n/a	$0.00	0.000	0
Aphids	130700	15117	0.030	$8.50	$0.25	0.038	361
Bandedwing Whiteflies	33500	0	0.000	n/a	$0.00	0.000	0
Sweet Potato Whiteflies	0	0	0.000	n/a	$0.00	0.000	0
Soybean Loopers	0	0	0.000	n/a	$0.00	0.000	0
Cabbage Loopers	36000	0	0.000	n/a	$0.00	0.004	33
Western Flower Thrips	0	0	0.000	n/a	$0.00	0.000	0
Cutworms	8600	2150	0.004	$4.60	$0.02	0.000	0
							Cost/Acre
					foliar insecticide		$22.27
Percent Lost:	7.16	est. Yield per acre:		654	at planting		$9.31
Harvested Acres	500000				Bt use fees		$0.99
Total Acres	510000	Total cost and loss insect related:		$39,432,908	eradiction		$0.30
Total Bales lost	67214	Total cost + Loss/acre:		$77.32	Scouting		$3.34
Bales lost in $$$:	$20,970,921				TOTAL		$36.20